Well no need to any more, The little machine above logs your journey by GPS (can be set for car, bike or walking) which can then be downloaded onto Google earth so you know exactly the route you took, When, Speed etc etc etc. With the software provided it will also link your photos to the place where they were took and put them in order.

Just to flesh that out a bit... The logger just keeps a log of the lat/long and time. You tell them how often to make a log entry - every 30 seconds to once a day! The camera writes a small data file and makes it part of the photo file. It is called the EXIF data and includes the time amongst other things. The software looks at the EXIF data in the photo and then looks up that time in the loggers data. The Lat & Long are then written into the EXIF of the photo file. Now you just need the photo and a map, such as Google to show where each photo was taken. Just make sure you don't use a package on your photos that doesn't write the EXIF data.

The Google Earth file (kmz) I intended to attach is too large for this forum. PM me if you would like to see one, it shows route and pictures taken this morning.

jarcadia

Yes you need a camera with the EXIF facility but saying that my understanding is that most modern digital cameras have it. No doubt somebody from the photography section could enlighten us on that point.

jarcadia

Yes Geoff That is the one, found mine on Ebay about ?55. One of the members on a motorhome forum that I belong to found it for ?55 on a Denmark site but he recons bank charges will equalise out the costs.Brian

Very clever...... I've just added one to my "Wish List" on Amazon. How about uploading a few of your photos for us to see? Just resize them down a bit first

For those who do not have Google Earth here is what you get when you run the KMZ file having had a day out and run the software with your camera. As you can see Jarcadia had a pleasant walk through Wolfecastle woods.This OK Jarcadia?

Geoff

jarcadia

Even reducing the .jpg file size down considerably the resultant KMZ file is too large for this forum. I have attached the maximum number of photos (4) The file number tallies with the ones on the Google earth screenshot that Geoff did. Wolfscastle has always been known for the number of bridges in the village. This walk was just to record (and play with new toy) some of the bridges & ruins of bridges not always seen.

Quote from: jarcadia on January 24, 2011, 07:43:59 pmEven reducing the .jpg file size down considerably the resultant KMZ file is too large for this forum. I have attached the maximum number of photos (4) The file number tallies with the ones on the Google earth screenshot that Geoff did. Wolfscastle has always been known for the number of bridges in the village. This walk was just to record (and play with new toy) some of the bridges & ruins of bridges not always seen.

I've just taken the the size limit off and increased the number of files you can attach. I may have to re-instate it at a higher level later. Everyone should remember large files take an age to load.

Geoff

jarcadia

OK have now attached the KMZ file, but you still need the latest version of Google Earth. Some of the older version do not load the photos, if you don't see photos then check to see if there is an update available.BrianNote the file size is 750KB

A question about the output of your data logger. When you create the image of your route with the camera images marked on it, can you edit the text? i.e. Change the DSCFxxxx.jpg to something more meaningful?

P.S. for those who are not sure what I mean, take a look at the Google Earth image in my previous posting.